What a great summer we had! Summer 2015 just flew by!

We swam fast and moved from 5th place in A to 4th place in A division! At ALPS Swimming Finals we placed 8th overall out of 21 teams and at ALPS Swimming Console Finals we placed 2nd overall! We came out of our first season in regular season Diving in 5th place overall in B division.  A pretty great finish for a club so new to the sport! Plus we entered divers in both the Novice Divers' meets AND the Diving Finals!  We challenged our synchro swimmers with TWO big meets this year and they persevered.  And finally with small and budding waterpolo teams we managed to attend the two junior tournaments:  the atom and the bantam tournaments!  WAY TO GO DOLPHINS!

These big team achievements are nothing compared to all the great individual achievements that every child made this summer.  You know what you have done: tried new things, achieved goals, mastered new skills, honed skills you were having trouble with.  These are the achievements that motivate kids to continue in aquatics sports.  We hope you will keep up with your sports in whatever way that you can this winter. 

We want to thank all the Dolphins Coaches for developing our athletes this summer and inspiring them to become aquatics athletes.  You are the foundation of this program and we appreciate what you do. WAY TO GO DOLPHINS COACHES!

We want to thank all the volunteers for their generosity this summer.  Aquatics sports require an army of dedicated parents and fans behind the scenes who get the job done.  The Dolphins program cannot succeed without you, and like the kids, you met the challenge!  WAY TO GO DOLPHINS VOLUNTEERS!

On Saturday night after ALPS Swimming Finals was all said and done, we celebrated our successes with a delicious pot-luck dinner, awards ceremony and a splashing great time in the pool until closing time. 

The awards presented can be found on the following link:  AWARDS
If you were absent and did not receive your award, please contact us and we will endeavour to get it to you.

ALPS Swimming Finals were a success and some of the results are already available on our Competitions page of the website.  We are still waiting for the finalized team rankings for Finals and Consolations but these will be posted as soon as they have been approved by the league. Keep checking back. Congratulations to all the swimmers who qualified to this big meet and who gave it their all!

Over the winter season, don't forget about your Dolphins friends. Check back to the website from time to time (records will be updated shortly for example).  Watch your emails for Dolphins messages:  when Dairy Queen closes for the season we usually try to rally as many Dolphins as are available to gather for one last ice cream together for the year. That will be some time in October.

We'll miss you over the winter but always remember:  once a Dolphin, always a Dolphin!

Go Dolphins Go!

As the season comes to a close we want to congratulate all of you on everything you have achieved!  You have tried new things, learned new skills, perfected skills that you were having trouble with and through it all you had fun.
But now as the evenings get cooler and the “Back to School” sales start we also begin to think of activities for the fall and winter.  Why not continue your aquatics training during the school year?

To help you navigate the information out there, here are some recommendations for clubs that have been frequented by members of the Westmount Dolphins Community.  You can speak to other Dolphin members and ask questions or contact the clubs directly. We have listed them alphabetically for you here:

BARRACUDAS (Westmount YMCA Swimming Club)

Website:  www.westmountymcaswimclub.qc.ca/youth 

Disciplines offered:  Swimming

Most Dolphins begin winter swimming here including most of our coaches.   A large number of our members are currently swimming with this team.  Coach Julia is on staff at the YMCA and CITs Lia, Victor, Lars, Amélie and Max swim there.


CALAC (Club Aquatique LaSalle Aquatic Club) (Aquadôme LaSalle)

Website:  www.calac.ca

Disciplines offered:  Swimming

Many Dolphins have gone to this club in the past.


CAMO (Club  Aquatique de Montreal) (Centre Claude Robillard)

Websites: www.camonatation.org;  www.camoplongeon.ca; www.camowaterpolo.com

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Diving, Water polo

Several Dolphins including Head Coach Beatrice and Coach Arnaud have been involved with the CAMO Swim Team.  Our Assistant Diving Head Coach Shijia and Coach Loucie are members of the CAMO Dive Team.  Water Polo Head Coach Kimiko and Coach Arnaud play Water-Polo there.

CAPN (Club Aquatique les Piranhas du Nord)

Website: www.clubcapn.com

Disciplines offered: Swimming, Synchro

Assistant Synchro Head Coach Aurelia does Synchro at this club.


CASO (Club Aquatique de Sud-Ouest) (Centre Gadbois)

Website: www.caso-montreal.com

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Diving, Water polo; Synchro

Many Dolphins have participated in programs at this pool over the years.

 
CDNDG (Club de natation Cote des Neiges-NDG) (Centre de Loisirs Van Horne)

Websites: www.loisirssportifscdn-ndg.com/club-de-natation; www.synchrocdn.webs.com

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Synchro

Many Dolphins are currently swimming or have done synchro at this pool including our CIT’s Rubee and Robert.

CNPMR Club de Natation Plateau Mont-Royal
Website: http://centreduplateau.qc.ca/clubdenatation/act-sprt-for-aqua/

Discipline offered:  Swimming

Some Dolphins are currently swimming with this pool.
 
CSLA (Cote Saint Luc Aquatics) (CSL Aquatics and Community Centre)

Websites:  www.cotesaintlucaquatics.com;  www.cotesaintluc.org/Aquatics

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Water polo, Synchro

Many Dolphins are members of this pool including:  Swimming Head Coach Hannah,  Assistant Swimming Head Coaches Daniel and Devin, Coaches Alex O, Luis, Elsa and Andrea as well as CITs Flavie, Evemarie, Evelyne, Ethan, Alex M-O, Laetitia, Evan and Jonah.


DDO (Dollard des Ormeaux)

Websites:  www.ddoswim.com; www.ddowaterpolo.ca; www.ddosynchro.com

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Water polo, Synchro

Former Head Coaches Leah and Zachary Glassman swam here and our Synchro Head Coach Meagan was coaching and swimming synchro there for many years.

PCSC (Pointe-Claire)

Website:  www.pointe-claire.qc.ca/en/aquatic-centre;  www.pointe-claire.qc.ca/fr/aquatic-centre

Disciplines offered:  Swimming, Diving

A few Dolphins over the years have made the trek out to Pointe Claire to this club.


For more information regarding swimming clubs in Quebec visit the site of the Federation de natation du Quebec   www.fnq.qc.ca.

To find out more about diving clubs visit the Plongeon Quebec website:  www.plongeon.qc.ca.

For information regarding Synchronised Swimming clubs the website for Federation de nage-synchronisée du Quebec is here: www.synchroquebec.qc.ca.

To find other water-polo clubs the website of the Quebec Water-polo Federation is www.waterpolo-quebec.qc.ca.

Continuing your sport through the winter is a great way to perfect skills and to develop further as an athlete.  Many of our members have followed this route and have enjoyed pursuing excellence in aquatics sports.  Maybe you will enjoy it too!